WALKER, ALEXANDER WALLACE PEDEN Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2021802 Conscripted February 21, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1973 West Broadway, Vancouver Born June 18, 1885 Glasgow, Scotland Died September 16, 1925 (Essondale).
WAUGH, SAMUEL Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2023488 Conscripted May 15, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1021 Richards Street, Vancouver Born September 23, 1883 Newtownards, County Down, Ireland Died September 7, 1923 – Vancouver.
WOODWARD, WILLIAM GREENWOOD Private, 242nd Battalion, Forestry Corps Number: 1048555 Volunteered August 16, 1916 Letter Carrier, New Westminster Royal Oak P.O. Burnaby Born November 23, 1882 Riddish, Lancashire, England Married Beatrice Proctor, August 4, 1910, New Westminster Died August 31, 1959 – Vancouver (Beatrice died March 29, 1946) WOOLDRIDGE, FRANK LESLIE Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2023125 Conscripted May 7, 1918 (Vancouver) Postal Clerk, Vancouver Angelus Hotel, 1001 Seymour Street, Vancouver Born May 3, 1886 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England No further information located.
WRIGHT, FRANCIS WENMAN Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129464 Volunteered September 17, 1915 (Vancouver) Letter Carrier, Vancouver 661 Hornby Street, Vancouver Born September 13, 1883 San Francisco, CA Arrived in France on August 13, 1916 Died April 9, 1917 at Vimy Ridge No known grave Name listed on the Vimy Memorial.
YELLAND, GEORGE Private, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Number: 129311 Volunteered September 13, 1915 Postal Clerk, Vancouver 1932 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver Born June 29,1881 Montreal, QC Married to Jessie E. Yelland Died January 5, 1950 – Vancouver (Jessie died November 18, 1955 – Vancouver Survived by George Arthur Yelland of New Westminster and daughter Mrs. R.B. Graham.
KELOWNA POST OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
PRICE, HORACE HYLAND Private, 231st Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 1015995 Volunteered January 10, 1917 (Kelowna) Postal Clerk, Kelowna General Delivery, Kelowna Born December 11, 1880 Frankey, Cheshire, England Died May 13, 1959 – Nanaimo Married Sarah Ann Howarth, September 3, 1903 – Aspen Grove (Sarah died August 22, 1912 – Merritt) Married Margaret Cecilia Heath, November 29, 1919 – Vancouver (Margaret Cecilia died October 1, 1986 – Nanaimo).
CLINTON POST OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
CULLEN, THOMAS GILBERT Private, 1st Depot Battalion, BC Regiment Number: 2023049 Conscripted May 6, 1918 (Vancouver) Mail Carrier (and Drayman), Clinton General Delivery, Clinton Born June 11, 1892 Clinton, BC Died September 18, 1959 – Haney.
WINNIPEG EMPLOYEES SERVING IN BC BATTALIONS/REGIMENTS
HAYES, WILLIAM JAMES Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance, Medical Corps Number: 33351 Volunteered September 25, 1914 (Valcartier) Letter Carrier, Winnipeg Highland Park, Kildonan West, Winnipeg Born October 20, 1876 London, England.
MCKENZIE, JOHN LAWRENCE Sergeant, 4th Field Ambulance, Medical Corps Number: 33398 Volunteered September 25, 1914 Railway Mail Clerk, Winnipeg General Delivery, Winnipeg Born September 3, 1885 Winnipeg, MB.
